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the fbi is examining photos like this from nbc affiliate, whdh. it shows the marathon route before the second bomb detonated. here is a picture of the same location after the second bomb detonated. sources tell nbc news that the triggering mechanism appears to have had a battery pack and circuit board, elements of a sophisticated system. both elements were recovered at the scene. joining me now is congressman ed markey from massachusetts. one of the people killed, krystle campbell is from your district? >> yes, she is. that is a good indication this goes beyond the city of boston. >> it does. >> this is all of massachusetts. there are tens of thousands of runners but there's a million people watching the marathon. as a result, every single family knows someone who was here yesterday. this is a very special day each year for the whole state. krystle campbell from medford is somebody that is part of the larger massachusetts family. they were all grieving. >> everywhere you go today, you see the faces of sadness. there's not a place where you can loo
the fbi is examining photos like this from nbc affiliate, whdh. it shows the marathon route before the second bomb detonated. here is a picture of the same location after the second bomb detonated. sources tell nbc news that the triggering mechanism appears to have had a battery pack and circuit board, elements of a sophisticated system. both elements were recovered at the scene. joining me now is congressman ed markey from massachusetts. one of the people killed, krystle campbell is from your...
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i have an fbi statement right now, michael isikoff. it was just handed to me so i will read it cold without seeing it. it said contrary to widespread reporting there is no arrest made in connection to the boston marathon attack. there have been information from unofficial sources that have been inaccurate. since these stories often have unintended consequences we ask the media particularly at this early stage of the investigation it exercise caution and attempt to verify information through appropriate official channels before reporting. this is an fbi statement. i've just received. pete williams aware of this as well. he is the person who had this handed off us to, michael. now the fbi is confirming all of this again. >> right. so that brings us back to where we were when we started. there's been -- there's been some progress, some reason for optimism, maybe got important clues or are on to a suspect or witness but we still have a long way to go and there's going to be a 5:00 press conference. there's going to be a lot of questions ab
i have an fbi statement right now, michael isikoff. it was just handed to me so i will read it cold without seeing it. it said contrary to widespread reporting there is no arrest made in connection to the boston marathon attack. there have been information from unofficial sources that have been inaccurate. since these stories often have unintended consequences we ask the media particularly at this early stage of the investigation it exercise caution and attempt to verify information through...
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but we just learn that the fbi could be updating us on his condition very soon. in fact they are meeting with doctors now. >> earlier this afternoon investigators were seen collecting evidence from the back yard where gentleman shard was found hiding in a boat. >>> massachusetts state police released this helicopter photos this afternoon from the scene last night. they were taken from above and helped them to know that someone was in that boat, someone who was alive. meantime, today in an interview with russian state television, the mother of dzhokhar and his brotherer tamerlan is claiming that his sons were framed. >> in our house, nobody talked about the terrorism pep when they son tamerlan really was -- got involved in the religion, you know religion politics five years ago. he was counseled by fbi for three, five years. they knew what they son was doing. they knew what actions and what device on internet he was going -- >> joining us now pete williams, nbc news analyst an former deputy of counter terrorism, nbc news terrorism analyst, roger. let's start with
but we just learn that the fbi could be updating us on his condition very soon. in fact they are meeting with doctors now. >> earlier this afternoon investigators were seen collecting evidence from the back yard where gentleman shard was found hiding in a boat. >>> massachusetts state police released this helicopter photos this afternoon from the scene last night. they were taken from above and helped them to know that someone was in that boat, someone who was alive. meantime,...
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you can call, 800-fbi-call. i'm sorry. fbi-call. 800-call-fbi. that's more logical. you can also go online to boston marathon tip lines. that's tips.fbi.government, gov. tips.fbi.gov. the number and website will scroll at the bottom of your screen tonight. we'll be right back. by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. [ male announcer ] book ahead and save up to 20 percent at doubletree.com, so you can sit back, relax and enjoy. doubletree by hilton. where the little things mean everything. doubletree by hilton. vo:building castles, -imagine oceans, and lagoons in the place we call home. bold is where everyone comes to play. starting our day off with a good dance and singing us to sleep at night. coloring our lives in ways only bold can do. it's no wonder bold will make your reality, a dream. bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn's small busines
you can call, 800-fbi-call. i'm sorry. fbi-call. 800-call-fbi. that's more logical. you can also go online to boston marathon tip lines. that's tips.fbi.government, gov. tips.fbi.gov. the number and website will scroll at the bottom of your screen tonight. we'll be right back. by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. [ male announcer ]...
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by fbi agents. 80 people shot and wounded by fbi agents. and if you add those together, in all 150 of those cases, the fbi internal review process said that the shooting was justified. all 150. in a lawsuit, the times got 2200 pages of documentation from the fbi showing that perfect 100% exoneration rate for all fbi shootings that killed or wounded someone between 1993 and 2011. since 2011, same pattern. an fbi spokesman says there have been no findings of improper intentional shootings by fbi agents. more than 150 shootings that killed or wounded somebody. all reviewed internally, all of them -- every single one turns out it was just fine, totally justified. that was even the finding in one shooting in maryland, where an fbi agent shot an innocent man in the head after mistaking him for a bank robber. they shot him in the head, he survives and the bureau settled the lawsuit with him by paying him $1.3 million. still, the internal review said the agent did nothing wrong so then why did you pay him $1.3 million? they have never said an agent
by fbi agents. 80 people shot and wounded by fbi agents. and if you add those together, in all 150 of those cases, the fbi internal review process said that the shooting was justified. all 150. in a lawsuit, the times got 2200 pages of documentation from the fbi showing that perfect 100% exoneration rate for all fbi shootings that killed or wounded someone between 1993 and 2011. since 2011, same pattern. an fbi spokesman says there have been no findings of improper intentional shootings by fbi...
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the means by the fbi. they are economically desperate and mentally ill. >> and your investigative reporting showing the challenge, the real challenge facing the u.s. anti-terror community and the president as he gets ready to give this speech. trevor, thank you for being with us. >> of course. thank you. >>> let me bring in e.j. dionne and lois romano. first terrorism speech by the president in his second term, e.j. why this, why now? >> i think he's been working on this for a long time. this is a big deal speech. at first, as he's renewing his efforts to close guantanamo, he had himself severely restricted by congress in his efforts to close it and then he basically gave up, put the issue on the shelf. i think he's going to announce release of more than half of the guantanamo detainees over time and he's going to say, look, some of these detainees that have been released under president bush and obama have returned to terrorism but the existence of guantanamo is a much bigger threat to us because it's a r
the means by the fbi. they are economically desperate and mentally ill. >> and your investigative reporting showing the challenge, the real challenge facing the u.s. anti-terror community and the president as he gets ready to give this speech. trevor, thank you for being with us. >> of course. thank you. >>> let me bring in e.j. dionne and lois romano. first terrorism speech by the president in his second term, e.j. why this, why now? >> i think he's been working on...
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fbi. the unlawful use of force or violence against persons of property to intimidate or coerce a government. civilian population and charlie, you've said that thing to me yesterday was profound, which is that terrorism is in the eyes of the terrorized and i'm wondering whether boston will feel more or less terrorized depending on what motivations we ultimately find out were responsible for the murders that we had there yesterday. >> i don't have, in situations like this, i always tell the story of a friend of mine who grew up on the falls road in belfast and was in boston and was walking to boston garden one time to sing "the national anthem" at a celtics game and as he was walking, the guy jumped out and said give me your money, i have a gun. my friend from belfast said, sir, if you have a gun, you produce it. i've taken that as my attitude towards this thing. as bruce said, if it happens to you, it is going to happen to you. it is a bolt from the blue. now, your question is an interestin
fbi. the unlawful use of force or violence against persons of property to intimidate or coerce a government. civilian population and charlie, you've said that thing to me yesterday was profound, which is that terrorism is in the eyes of the terrorized and i'm wondering whether boston will feel more or less terrorized depending on what motivations we ultimately find out were responsible for the murders that we had there yesterday. >> i don't have, in situations like this, i always tell the...
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. >> what i didn't know is they were already under fbi surveillance when i got there. the guy jumped out. he had a shotgun. pulled my gun. if i didn't see all them guys in black from behind -- i looked up, i was looking at about ten submachine guns. well, might have to re-evaluate this, you know. laid the gun down. >> jimmy has only been back at pnm for a few days, after being away nearly two decades, and he's already butting heads with staff. >> going to handle it. >> the thing i'm saying is no one is supposed to touch it. >> you need to write it on paper. i can't help you. he can. you know what i mean? on something that concerns all of us. obesity. and as the nation's leading beverage company, we can play an important role. that includes continually providing more options. giving people easy ways to help make informed choices. and offering portion controlled versions of our most popular drinks. it also means working with our industry to voluntarily change what's offered in schools. but beating obesity will take continued action by all of us, based on one simple commo
. >> what i didn't know is they were already under fbi surveillance when i got there. the guy jumped out. he had a shotgun. pulled my gun. if i didn't see all them guys in black from behind -- i looked up, i was looking at about ten submachine guns. well, might have to re-evaluate this, you know. laid the gun down. >> jimmy has only been back at pnm for a few days, after being away nearly two decades, and he's already butting heads with staff. >> going to handle it. >>...
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working with the fbi for decades. and part of me understands this. it gives him a certain protection. and part of me does not understand, because it has no relation to what criminals generally do. what most criminals generally do. why was he informing, and was he perhaps aware of his longer game, because right now we have a judge opining on whether or not he's immune from the crimes he committed while he was informing. so perhaps there will be an extra dividend from being an informant. so just break some of that down for us. >> sure. yeah. i think you're getting at i think what makes, you know, whitey bulger probably the most significant crime figure in our time, if not the 20th century. you mentioned his body count. he's being charged with 19 murders, and there's probably more. you know, he can match body counts with any crime boss, dilling dillinger, gatti, anyone who is a virtual household name when it comes to american crime. but whitey did something no one else has ever done. and that's what you're getting at. he harnessed the power of a corrupt
working with the fbi for decades. and part of me understands this. it gives him a certain protection. and part of me does not understand, because it has no relation to what criminals generally do. what most criminals generally do. why was he informing, and was he perhaps aware of his longer game, because right now we have a judge opining on whether or not he's immune from the crimes he committed while he was informing. so perhaps there will be an extra dividend from being an informant. so just...
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fbi, a first-rate organization. talking points believes the perps will be found and brought to justice and executed, but, if this is, if this is an international terror attack, the repercussions will be severe. and if it's home grown, that will be another stain on american history. >> right, so brought to justice, but this other thing, which is international terrorist attack. dawn, as someone who's worked in the fbi and abroad on terror attacks and at home under things that fall under the rubric of crime, do you think it's a worthwhile distinction to think about these as separate things when we think about newtown and boston? >> terrorism is a crime. title 18 of the u.s. code has a whole list of federal statutes that fall under the auspices of terrorism. for example, what we saw in boston, the reason, i think, why it was easy for people to come out early and say it's terrorism, you had a weapon of mass destruction that was used to kill people. that's -- >> weapon of mass destruction, is that specifically the term th
fbi, a first-rate organization. talking points believes the perps will be found and brought to justice and executed, but, if this is, if this is an international terror attack, the repercussions will be severe. and if it's home grown, that will be another stain on american history. >> right, so brought to justice, but this other thing, which is international terrorist attack. dawn, as someone who's worked in the fbi and abroad on terror attacks and at home under things that fall under the...
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when the fbi, yes, worked on crime, but under hoover the fbi worked on politics, too. the agency's efforts in the latter undermined everything the nation needed from the fbi on the former. that's why congress ordered reforms for the fbi after watergate. investigating crime while also secretly playing politics is a combination with a bad outcome. that's one of the things we learned from the scandal of the nixon administration and its downfall, but also from decades watching j. edgar hoover operate. last week we learned general david petraeus had an affair. the fbi discovered that affair over the summer while it was looking into something else. those revelations led to protest from members of congress that they had not been told sooner than last week, along with everyone else. they wanted to be notified about this. ranking democrat on the intelligence committee dianne feinstein says the fbi should have told congress, bipartisan, republican, homeland security committee calms alerting congress in an instance like this the fbi's obligation. lawmakers are sure to demand answ
when the fbi, yes, worked on crime, but under hoover the fbi worked on politics, too. the agency's efforts in the latter undermined everything the nation needed from the fbi on the former. that's why congress ordered reforms for the fbi after watergate. investigating crime while also secretly playing politics is a combination with a bad outcome. that's one of the things we learned from the scandal of the nixon administration and its downfall, but also from decades watching j. edgar hoover...
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attorney for south carolina, the fbi, the justice department, and the state law enforcement division to launch investigations. >>> when we come back, airport confusion turns a family reunion seven years in the making into heartbreak. when "caught on camera, the thin blue line" continues. from capital one, bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn's small business earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve unlimited rewards. here's your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? [ crows ] now where's the snooze button? available out there. i knew devry university would give me the skills that i needed to make one of those tech jobs mine. we teach cutting-edge engineering technology, computer information systems, networking and communicatio
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there is attorney guidelines that drives how the fbi does investigations. maybe we need to take a look at those and see should they be broadened at all based on what happened in boston. but there are privacy and civil liberty issues associated with it. so it's not an easy one off trade. >> thank you so much as we watch again the hearings and discussions there post gsh boston bombings. today's tweet of the day comes from denis leary. he tweets instead of monday morning qbing, here is a way to help heal boston. he included a link to a food tasting next week that raises money for the one fund. ng, will? nah. okay. this, won't take long will it? no, not at all. how many of these can we do on our budget? more than you think. didn't take very long, did it? this spring, dig in and save. that's nice. post it. already did. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. show mom why you're her favorite, with a 12" infinity color bowl, a special buy at just $14.98. hoo-hoo...hoo-hoo. hoo-hoo hoo. sir... he included a link to a food heeheehee. jimmy: ronn
there is attorney guidelines that drives how the fbi does investigations. maybe we need to take a look at those and see should they be broadened at all based on what happened in boston. but there are privacy and civil liberty issues associated with it. so it's not an easy one off trade. >> thank you so much as we watch again the hearings and discussions there post gsh boston bombings. today's tweet of the day comes from denis leary. he tweets instead of monday morning qbing, here is a way...
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the fbi was brought into this case which is kind of interesting, because the fire department usually handles its own cause investigation. but the fbi has been brought in, and the suspicion is that because in the past couple of weeks we've had just a rash of arson fires in the county, just west of here, the county bordering here is a county that apparently was able to confirm all of the little fires set in the past couple of weeks were arson. we suspect that may be a reason why officials are bringing in an investigative agency like the fbi to see if this is indeed arson. you can imagine, it's just too hat for people to go in and look at this now. yesterday at the fire briefing officials did a call out to all the people here in colorado and said, if anybody has any video of the first plume of smoke going up, we want to knowd]!q that is. so they can look at it, try to pinpoint where that first point of smoke went up and they'll go straight there to see what may have sparked this. >> fascinating. jinah kim, thanks for your reporting. >>> back to the other major story of the day -- krys
the fbi was brought into this case which is kind of interesting, because the fire department usually handles its own cause investigation. but the fbi has been brought in, and the suspicion is that because in the past couple of weeks we've had just a rash of arson fires in the county, just west of here, the county bordering here is a county that apparently was able to confirm all of the little fires set in the past couple of weeks were arson. we suspect that may be a reason why officials are...
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rick says the fbi under his leadership after all those years is now making significant progress in that cold case. if rick catches whitey bulger and the boston marathon bombers and ends up cracking the art heist, he will find himself in serious danger of having a statue built somewhere for him somewhere in the great city of boston. seriously, it's time to watch out. thanks for being with us. msnbc's coverage of this amazing day continues right now. stay with us. >> what began on monday afternoon here in boston a few blocks from where i sit ended tonight. . watertown, massachusetts just across the river when the superintendent of the state police made this announcement. >> woo! >> we are so grateful to be here right now. we're so grateful to bring justice and closure to this case. to those families that lost loved ones, or suffered injuries that they'll live with the rest of their lives, for a police officer, a young man starting a career at m.i.t. and a police officer with the mbta who almost lost his life, and from neighborhoods that lived in fear for an entire day, we are eternally gr
rick says the fbi under his leadership after all those years is now making significant progress in that cold case. if rick catches whitey bulger and the boston marathon bombers and ends up cracking the art heist, he will find himself in serious danger of having a statue built somewhere for him somewhere in the great city of boston. seriously, it's time to watch out. thanks for being with us. msnbc's coverage of this amazing day continues right now. stay with us. >> what began on monday...
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right now, the fbi review team is on its way to orlando. earlier this morning, 27-year-old ibragim todashev attacked an agent with a knife. he was not suspected of playing a role in the boston bombings, but he does have ties to the suspect tamerlan tsarnaev. pete williams joins me now with the latest on the investigation. pete, what can you tell us? >> authorities say they knew each other. that todashev was a mixed martial arts fighter and he lived in the boston area at the time that tamer lan tsarnaev was a boxer and they knew each other from that circuit. investigators say they just recently talked to each other. so the fbi was questioning him as part of an effort to talk to anyone who had been in touch with or knew -- well, knew, a, and b, had been in touch with tamerlan tsarnaev recently. and according to what we have been sold by several officials, the fbi had been talking to him for the last several days and he was confessing to his role in a 20 11 triple homicide in the same community where the two men were living. in which three peo
right now, the fbi review team is on its way to orlando. earlier this morning, 27-year-old ibragim todashev attacked an agent with a knife. he was not suspected of playing a role in the boston bombings, but he does have ties to the suspect tamerlan tsarnaev. pete williams joins me now with the latest on the investigation. pete, what can you tell us? >> authorities say they knew each other. that todashev was a mixed martial arts fighter and he lived in the boston area at the time that...
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as well, ed, fbi agents. we have seen probably at this point about 20 or so buses packed with people. and, again, what happens is, once they're debriefed there in front of the navy yard, they're giving them free transportation back home, in and around the d.c. metro area. we're expecting another news conference here, sometime after the top of the -- sometime after the top of the 6:00 hour, maybe 6:30, maybe as late as 6:30, as well. we're told the fbi now the lead agency handling the investigation. the death toll, 13. we don't know whether that's a number that is going to rise. the number of injured at this point. we've heard numbers anywhere between 10 and 17. so, again, those are also numbers that are going to continue to fluctuate throughout the course of the evening. but this is a part of d.c. southeast d.c. that's on lockdown as they continue to search for that gentleman you mentioned earlier. a black male, 5'10", about 180 pounds, in his 30s or 40s. at last check, they said he was wearing drab clothing.
as well, ed, fbi agents. we have seen probably at this point about 20 or so buses packed with people. and, again, what happens is, once they're debriefed there in front of the navy yard, they're giving them free transportation back home, in and around the d.c. metro area. we're expecting another news conference here, sometime after the top of the -- sometime after the top of the 6:00 hour, maybe 6:30, maybe as late as 6:30, as well. we're told the fbi now the lead agency handling the...
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joining us now is dawn, a veteran of the fbi. assistant special agent in charge of the new york joint terrorism task force. chief operating officer of the strategic consulting agency. so, i don't know anything about the subject of bombs. did i say anything in that lead up that struck you? i think. >> i think you were spot on. it's not a unique phenomenon. it's none the less effective. you pointed out the difference between the bombs we saw for the plot where these, this person went and had specific training in pakistan, afghanistan, learned how to make the concentrated hydrogen peroxide and was going to use that as a main component. that takes training and a bit of practice, which he did, he practiced in denver, then came to new york. that was thwarted because of good intelligence. these are materials readily available. one of the things that will be interesting, what was the charging mechanism? circuit boards and timers and setting a directional charge. these are some of the things that add a degree of sophistication to a bomb t
joining us now is dawn, a veteran of the fbi. assistant special agent in charge of the new york joint terrorism task force. chief operating officer of the strategic consulting agency. so, i don't know anything about the subject of bombs. did i say anything in that lead up that struck you? i think. >> i think you were spot on. it's not a unique phenomenon. it's none the less effective. you pointed out the difference between the bombs we saw for the plot where these, this person went and...
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. >> the fbi brought in the top gun today. veteran fbi director robert muller says that those controversial surveillance programs did help thwart terror plots, including a plan to blow up the new york stock exchange. >> you never know which dot is going to be key. what you want is as many dots as you can. if you close down a program like this, you are removing dots from the playing field. >>> the republican controlled house voted overwhelmingly to bana borings after 20 weeks in direct conflict with the rights of roe v. wade. you won't believe what another republican congressman has to say about fetuses. >> a 15 week baby, they have movements that are purposeful. they stroke their face. if they're a male baby, they may have their hand between their legs. they feel pleasure. why is it so hard to think they can feel pain. >> not surprisingly, today democratic women respond. >> in november voters sent a message that they want us to focus on real concerns, jobs, education, immigration reform, but now they're back. they're back. in
. >> the fbi brought in the top gun today. veteran fbi director robert muller says that those controversial surveillance programs did help thwart terror plots, including a plan to blow up the new york stock exchange. >> you never know which dot is going to be key. what you want is as many dots as you can. if you close down a program like this, you are removing dots from the playing field. >>> the republican controlled house voted overwhelmingly to bana borings after 20...
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, a former bomb technician for the fbi named donald saktlaben. he's agreed to serve 45 years in prison now for the leaking charge. also, this news about him today, this news solving the mystery that sparked that unprecedented justice department spying on reporters, that news came with a bizarre and unsettling twist. the same man who has pled guilty to being the leaker, the ex-fbi agent who apparently outed to the press that the u.s. or western intelligence agencies had a mole inside al qaeda, this same guy was also, it turns out, the subject of a totally separate fbi investigation into distribution of child pornography. he pled guilty to the leak charge. he has also pled guilty to the child pornography charges. he will serve a total of 140 months in prison for the leaking charge and the child porn charges combined. this is a very, very strange story and a very weird end to that trio of supposed scandals. joining us now is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, thank you for being here. >> sure. >> do we have any indication of a motiv
, a former bomb technician for the fbi named donald saktlaben. he's agreed to serve 45 years in prison now for the leaking charge. also, this news about him today, this news solving the mystery that sparked that unprecedented justice department spying on reporters, that news came with a bizarre and unsettling twist. the same man who has pled guilty to being the leaker, the ex-fbi agent who apparently outed to the press that the u.s. or western intelligence agencies had a mole inside al qaeda,...
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remember her fbi friend that started the investigation? turns out he was also the person who called house majority leader eric cantor and told him what he knew. one more character connecting petraeus and allen in this messy web, jill's twin sister natalie, just weeks ago both generals wrote letters in support of natalie in a custody battle over her four-year-old son. "the washington post" is now reporting according to advisers close to petraeus petraeus only resigned after national intelligence director james clapper told him to do so. joining me now, spencer ackerman senior writer for "wired" who writes for their national security blog the danger room and nbc's richard wolf. richard, i don't know i don't know much about waging war. i do know a little bit about living life. and these generals are writing absolutely crazy letters which i don't have time to read to a judge in a custody battle. >> right. >> a woman who has lost custody of her son, and in this country it is not easy for women to lose custody of children in these situations, th
remember her fbi friend that started the investigation? turns out he was also the person who called house majority leader eric cantor and told him what he knew. one more character connecting petraeus and allen in this messy web, jill's twin sister natalie, just weeks ago both generals wrote letters in support of natalie in a custody battle over her four-year-old son. "the washington post" is now reporting according to advisers close to petraeus petraeus only resigned after national...
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that gun is still being held as evidence by the fbi. but having been acquitted zimmerman can legally carry a firearm once again. in a second tweet robert zimmerman said, our family receives many death threats. we all continue to take our security seriously and to ensure our safety in accordance with the law. the traffic stop lasted about five minutes. >> all right, sir, just slow down. here's your license. you received a warning. >> reporter: police here say under texas law george zimmerman traveling from county to county here was perfectly within his rights to have a gun in the glove box, and authorities point out that because he has a concealed weapon permit in florida there is reciprocal per noigs have that gun concealed in this state. we reached out to dim zimmerman's legal team. they didn't say why he was in texas and they didn't say if he's even still here. chris? >> just a point of fact i assume that's not true of every state but it is true in texas that that concealed weapons permit sort of carries over. >> yeah. absolutely. it
that gun is still being held as evidence by the fbi. but having been acquitted zimmerman can legally carry a firearm once again. in a second tweet robert zimmerman said, our family receives many death threats. we all continue to take our security seriously and to ensure our safety in accordance with the law. the traffic stop lasted about five minutes. >> all right, sir, just slow down. here's your license. you received a warning. >> reporter: police here say under texas law george...
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i'm just saying the internet plays a factor in just about every terrorism case the fbi sees nowadays. >> what do you think about the initial reports we were hearing about certain suspicious packages or potentially other devices that were found? and now today that's all been walked back? should we be more suspicious anding aiand asking more questions about what has been found on the scene potentially? because this could have been a lot worse if there were more explosive device found. >> well, and any major crime scene like this, there's going to be a lot of information. people are scrambling to get their hands on the facts as soon as possible. and i think maybe it was just some semantics. as i understand it, there were a number of render safe procedures done an suspicious packages, and maybe the terminology "suspicious package" was used or not used instead of device, or they should have been, you know, flip-flopped. >> the investigators will be looking in casualty-producing areas. this wouldn't be things that were dropped because of the mayhem created because of the explosions. they wo
i'm just saying the internet plays a factor in just about every terrorism case the fbi sees nowadays. >> what do you think about the initial reports we were hearing about certain suspicious packages or potentially other devices that were found? and now today that's all been walked back? should we be more suspicious anding aiand asking more questions about what has been found on the scene potentially? because this could have been a lot worse if there were more explosive device found....
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pete is in the newsroom collecting all this information from the fbi, ncis and elsewhere. pete, what do you know? >> andrea, as to the possibility there's more than one shooter, i think that is fading now. the best way to say it is police are investigating whether there could have been more than one gunman. we know the gunman who apparently fired as far as we know all the shots was shot and killed. we're waiting for authorities to identify him. there has been a name that's been reported. we're told that the name out there is incorrect, that somebody found an id card near the gunman. it looked like him. we're told now that the person whose id card it was is alive and being talked to by d.c. police. so they are till wostill workin identify this gunman. it's believed whoever it is, a man in his 50s, who was wearing all black, carrying three weapons, handgun, assault rifle, had connection to the facility. this was not terrorism because of the fact have you to have a badge to get in, if you're an employee or contractor, you have to have some business there. they are looking int
pete is in the newsroom collecting all this information from the fbi, ncis and elsewhere. pete, what do you know? >> andrea, as to the possibility there's more than one shooter, i think that is fading now. the best way to say it is police are investigating whether there could have been more than one gunman. we know the gunman who apparently fired as far as we know all the shots was shot and killed. we're waiting for authorities to identify him. there has been a name that's been reported....
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and there are going to be questions about the fbi. because they spoke to him both before and significantly, we've learned, after he returned. and why didn't they pick up whatever terrorist motivation was going on? why didn't -- why weren't they tracking him? why wasn't he in the data base? because we were told yesterday that they only became targets of inquiry after the boston marathon attack. he was, very interestingly, a conversation between vladimir putin and the president, president obama, last night. and after this was all going down, before the actual capture of the second suspect, they agreed to better cooperation and terrorism and counterterrorism. but there has been a lot of dispute over the years as to whether the russians are cooperating enough, and whether putin is justified in his criticism that the u.s. should not be hammering him for human rights abuses, or more pressuring these separatists too much. that they should understand that these are terrorists, they're not freedom fighters. >> mm-hmm. andrea, with regard to wo
and there are going to be questions about the fbi. because they spoke to him both before and significantly, we've learned, after he returned. and why didn't they pick up whatever terrorist motivation was going on? why didn't -- why weren't they tracking him? why wasn't he in the data base? because we were told yesterday that they only became targets of inquiry after the boston marathon attack. he was, very interestingly, a conversation between vladimir putin and the president, president obama,...
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the fbi has a field office in boston. you couldn't have a better law enforcement investigative community there. obviously, the good thing and i think mr. van zandt focused on it, is the fact that you had an opportunity hopefully to observe a lot of things a as a result of cameras. that comment about the bomb dogs coming in apparently before the placement of these devices. if each of them are 20 pounds apiece, that's a pretty burly person could handle that. may have been two people like tim mcveigh and one of his associates in oak city. they need a lucky break. state trooper who saw that broken license plate, but we've got to get to the bottom of it. we will and whoever's responsible will be tried and convicted and i think mercifully, hopefully, if they are responsible for this horrific act, will be executed d as we did tim mcveigh. >> do you think as clint just sukted, this may well will a timothy mcveigh type? >> it's really hard to say. i'm one who thinks and this is not a cynical statement, but i think most people act
the fbi has a field office in boston. you couldn't have a better law enforcement investigative community there. obviously, the good thing and i think mr. van zandt focused on it, is the fact that you had an opportunity hopefully to observe a lot of things a as a result of cameras. that comment about the bomb dogs coming in apparently before the placement of these devices. if each of them are 20 pounds apiece, that's a pretty burly person could handle that. may have been two people like tim...
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we will continue to listen in to the fbi news conference and report on this. >>> checking the news feed this morning. a tragic weekend in southern italy. 38 people killed which when a tour bus driver lost control and smashed through a guardrail and plunged a hundred feet into a ravine. 16 people survived and they are treat at area hospitals. investigators are trying to figure out what happened. >>> what was supposed to be a celebration turned into a time of mourning. the bride and best man were missing after a horrific weekend boating crash on the hudson river. officials now say both bodies have been recovered. members of the wedding party were on a moonlight cruise. the county sheriff says the boat's driver, a friend, was drunk. he has been charged with first-degree vehicular manslaught manslaughter. >>> one of the three women aerial castro held captive for a decade made her first public appearance over the weekend. amanda berry on the stage at a concert in clolveed and said to be overwhelmed by the response from the crowd. that came a day after castro pleaded guilty to 937 counts send
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and frank figliuzzi, former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence. welcome to you all. this is like a railroad siding. i'm going to put paul manafort on the railroad siding first, and we'll deal with the whitaker matter, which technically happened later in the day. and frank, first to you. what do we do if what the chairman is saying is correct other than i'm not a lawyer but i heard you on tv earlier say that it sure looks like mr. whitaker is now a fact witness. what will that mean? >> we can go a step further and say -- we've been saying for a while, brian, on this show that whitaker is likely a fact witness. i think he may have crossed the line today. he may be in someone's sights as a subject of a possible obstruction or witness tampering case or lying to congress case. and we need to sort out exactly what he said and how it was interpreted. and then i'd go a step further and say it's even more clear tonight that someone has got to be looking at the president of the united states for obstruction and witness tampering. the more we learn about phone calls and convers
and frank figliuzzi, former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence. welcome to you all. this is like a railroad siding. i'm going to put paul manafort on the railroad siding first, and we'll deal with the whitaker matter, which technically happened later in the day. and frank, first to you. what do we do if what the chairman is saying is correct other than i'm not a lawyer but i heard you on tv earlier say that it sure looks like mr. whitaker is now a fact witness. what will that mean?...
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that the fbi actually had the bomb in its possession, had managed to get its hands on the bomb and was examining it to see whether it could have passed through airport security. the ap did not publish this when it first had the information because intelligence operation was still underway. so if he pulls the story and they do report on the plot only after they learn the white house itself planned to release the information in a public announcement. the ap's report was published one day ahead of the white house's planned announcement. now, while this all sounded like a good news kind of story, they managed to get the ball, right? the fact the ap got a hold ahead of time and the cia was saying the operation was not incomplete, that got capitol hill worried. lawmakers from both parties rushed to the microphones to demand investigation, criminal charges and prosecutions in what they are now calling a leaked case. >> i've ordered a preliminary review and this has been a damaging leak. we shouldn't underestimate what really happened here. >> the fbi has to do a complete investigation because
that the fbi actually had the bomb in its possession, had managed to get its hands on the bomb and was examining it to see whether it could have passed through airport security. the ap did not publish this when it first had the information because intelligence operation was still underway. so if he pulls the story and they do report on the plot only after they learn the white house itself planned to release the information in a public announcement. the ap's report was published one day ahead of...
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, not the local cops, the fbi. what is this? love big government, don't they? >> i can tell you, because, you know, we broke the story. >> by the way, congratulations. who's the guy that gave it to you? just kidding. >> we send it out at 7:00 in the morning. >> we, who's involved? >> people that work for me. we had it for a week or so, lawyers vetted, all that stuff. we put it out, send it out to the bloggers, tweeters, all that, and see some interest, people are saying this is great, maybe you can come and talk about it later, but 10:00 in the morning, fbi, everything exploded. it was all about making him the victim, because of political reasons so he can be the victim of the left wing and make good with the conservatives that don't like him. it still, i think, is a memorable moment in spin to watch him. >> i'm missing something here, you're a lawyer. >> yes. >> somebody leaves their cell phone on because they want to keep a good record of the meeting and somewhere two, three months later they give the tape to som
, not the local cops, the fbi. what is this? love big government, don't they? >> i can tell you, because, you know, we broke the story. >> by the way, congratulations. who's the guy that gave it to you? just kidding. >> we send it out at 7:00 in the morning. >> we, who's involved? >> people that work for me. we had it for a week or so, lawyers vetted, all that stuff. we put it out, send it out to the bloggers, tweeters, all that, and see some interest, people are...
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what is the fbi saying about this? >> well, i think they freely admit that there are no hard and fast rules for when you notify anybody else in the government that a senior intelligence official is having an affair. the general rule, and what their basic policy is, they don't tell anybody. when they're in the middle of a criminal investigation, who they're investigating. whether it's, you know, somebody in the white house or anybody. they just don't blab around town who they're investigating. now, there's a policy question here, obviously, about whether members of the intelligence committee should have been informed. they say there's a potential national security implications. the fbi and the justice department say they determined early on there weren't national security implications, that this was, at its core, not a crime, an affair. and the other thing about this is, that the fbi is sensitive to its own history, about a time when j. edgar hoover shepherded the peccadillos of official washington and parceled these th
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what level, what is the threshold for the fbi? >> what do you think is a good line to draw for that? >> well, i would argue this, and, look, i've talked to the fib, give them the benefit of the doubt. i worked with the joint terrific task force and federal prosecutor and they did close the investigation. but here's the point. when the flag went up he was traveling back to the chechen region, which is very dangerous, chechen rebels worked with al qaeda in pakistan, afghanistan, and iraq, when that flag went up, and we knew he came back, and it was in that correspondence with the russian intelligence, at that time in point, if they had taken a second look at him, maybe gone on the youtube website, they would have seen this radical jihadist website and i think that would have stopped -- potentially stopped. >> we can all agree that someone should know that that individual is in their own backyard and local authorities should know that. i want to ask you about benghazi, chairman mccaul. speaker boehner is wading into the issue today,
what level, what is the threshold for the fbi? >> what do you think is a good line to draw for that? >> well, i would argue this, and, look, i've talked to the fib, give them the benefit of the doubt. i worked with the joint terrific task force and federal prosecutor and they did close the investigation. but here's the point. when the flag went up he was traveling back to the chechen region, which is very dangerous, chechen rebels worked with al qaeda in pakistan, afghanistan, and...
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probably decided it was best left to the fbi to do the investigation. no one could have predicted what would have come out of that tip. at first we had what looked like a love triangle and now a love rhombus or parallel gram which moves you on to a love pentagon. i don't think there's any way of knowing what would have been brought by that original tip. it's bringing down some pretty lofty careers. >> what do you think about the tension between the fbi and cia? this would seem to expose some sort of -- i mean we know they're often -- agencies are often in competition with one another or there's tension. this would seem to be exemplary of that, given the fact that the fbi was investigating the head of the cia and some question whether that was appropriate, who knew what, where, when and how? >> it doesn't appear that the fbi attempted to use any of this information as leverage against the cia, which is what you would be concerned about domestic and international spy agencies learning information about each other and using it to leverage each other, to, y
probably decided it was best left to the fbi to do the investigation. no one could have predicted what would have come out of that tip. at first we had what looked like a love triangle and now a love rhombus or parallel gram which moves you on to a love pentagon. i don't think there's any way of knowing what would have been brought by that original tip. it's bringing down some pretty lofty careers. >> what do you think about the tension between the fbi and cia? this would seem to expose...
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i had been interviewed by the fbi in question, this matter. and to avoid a potential, the appearance of a potential conflict of interest and to make sure that the investigation was seen as independent. i recused myself from this matter. the deputy attorney general would have been the one who ultimately had to authorize the subpoena. >> we start with justice correspondent pete williams. what legal footing does the d.o.j. have here? >> i don't think that's much in question. the federal courts have that in the past the government has the legal authority to get the phone records of news organizations when it is doing these kinds of investigations. that's been upheld. as you noted, what is really controversial is not the fact that it happened but the breadth of the time period covered and the number phone lines covered of that went by a little fast. the attorney general said in his news conference this afternoon that he personally had nothing to do with this decision. that he had taken himself out of the investigation or to use the legal material,
i had been interviewed by the fbi in question, this matter. and to avoid a potential, the appearance of a potential conflict of interest and to make sure that the investigation was seen as independent. i recused myself from this matter. the deputy attorney general would have been the one who ultimately had to authorize the subpoena. >> we start with justice correspondent pete williams. what legal footing does the d.o.j. have here? >> i don't think that's much in question. the...
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the thrust has to be the fbi. the fbi is a disaster in this investigation, in so many different fronts, and ought to be investigated from the very first decision to go after the second woman's e-mails. i mean, what was it in the first -- in the e-mails to kelley that prompted them to go after the other e-mails? >> should they have told congress? >> congressional leaders? probably so. should eric cantor have told rodgers? >> i agree with you. they sat on it. >> rodgers said he never knew. >> we have an obsessed person at the fbi sending shirtless photographs of himself and the rest of the investigation is full disclosure? >> really many. >> really. >> i'll get a final word in on the susan rice situation. he was politically weak in 2011 and won and feeling the oetds. >> ate his spinach. >> governor rendell, thank you for joining us. glad i snuck in the last word there. >>> more on the president's news conference and why we think he said what he said. [ mother ] you can't leave the table till you finish your vegetabl
the thrust has to be the fbi. the fbi is a disaster in this investigation, in so many different fronts, and ought to be investigated from the very first decision to go after the second woman's e-mails. i mean, what was it in the first -- in the e-mails to kelley that prompted them to go after the other e-mails? >> should they have told congress? >> congressional leaders? probably so. should eric cantor have told rodgers? >> i agree with you. they sat on it. >> rodgers...
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they knocked on the door and the fbi answered. so, they're trying to get some answers from the man as well. so, it's an unfolding story here in ft. worth about just who aaron alexis was. >> nbc news's charles hadlock reporting from ft. worth. charles, thank you so much for being with us. i appreciate your time tonight, thanks. more to come on today's mass shooting at the d.c. navy yard, plus lots more. please stay with us. >> an individual who came from the building behind us, i mean, this building. he came up and was talking to me, basically saying, hey, there's a shooter in your building. then i heard two more shots. one of them hit him. he went down in front of me and i took off from there. >> the guy you were with? >> the guy i was talking to. >> got shot? >> correct. sfx: birds chirping sfx: birds chirping ng out of pipe. sfx: birds chirping. >>> just so you know what's going on right now, we are awaiting a press conference due to start soon from law enforcement in washington, d.c. obviously, everybody is covering this story
they knocked on the door and the fbi answered. so, they're trying to get some answers from the man as well. so, it's an unfolding story here in ft. worth about just who aaron alexis was. >> nbc news's charles hadlock reporting from ft. worth. charles, thank you so much for being with us. i appreciate your time tonight, thanks. more to come on today's mass shooting at the d.c. navy yard, plus lots more. please stay with us. >> an individual who came from the building behind us, i...
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it's interesting the state decided to call the fbi expert. because in many ways it might be viewed that what he is saying is not helping their case. maybe to a lesser extent helping the defense case. but he's been called. he's providing that information. i was just in the courtroom. the jurors at time are taking notes. nothing like i've seen them take notes before. it's much more of a let me listen and see if ki process it. this is technical. a lot of mathematics involved. and when you mix in the fact he has a rather thick accent, it makes it perhaps more complicated for the jury to digest all of the scientific information. >> kerry sanders live in sanford. thanks. george zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to the charges and he claims self-defense in this case. i'd like to bring in now legal analyst lisa bloom, faith jenkins, and kendall coffey. thank you all for being here this morning. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> lisa, i want to start with you. dr. nakasone testified for the defense. why is he now a state witness? >> my belief is he's here to
it's interesting the state decided to call the fbi expert. because in many ways it might be viewed that what he is saying is not helping their case. maybe to a lesser extent helping the defense case. but he's been called. he's providing that information. i was just in the courtroom. the jurors at time are taking notes. nothing like i've seen them take notes before. it's much more of a let me listen and see if ki process it. this is technical. a lot of mathematics involved. and when you mix in...
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today they hear from the top intelligence folks from the cia, the fbi, the national intelligence office and they are learning some of the time line. we are told they're getting a sense of what was known, and why did this whole controversy bubble up about a video, a spontaneous protest or an intentional act of terror, which is such a part of the political dynamic here. what we hear from members who were in the earlier briefing, the senate briefing is happening right now, is that there was a difference in the nature of the attacks. the first wave of the attack appeared more chaotic. the second attack went on over a period of seven hours appeared far more coordinated with command and control, the ability to bring weaponry, things like that, that cause some of this unease about how to decide who was behind it and what was going on. when you talk about frustrations, there are those political frustrations but also a lot of frustrations here about wanting to get to the bottom of it to know what happened, why chris stevens, the ambassador, his pleas for additional security, his warnings about d
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fbi officer herself, right? >> i'm told that she actually applied, passed a polygraph and they were ready to offer her an appointment. >> she didn't take it because harvard called? >> i don't think it went too well at harvard. she could have been an agent. must have been surreal for her to be standing in her house with fbi agents searching her house and she was just a step away from becoming an agent. >> talk about fredrick humphries, the fbi agent who jill kelley contacted. what's his story? >> what's interesting is that, you know, this is the time where you're not liked in the bureau or the police department or whatever, this is when they start kicking, you know, when you're down already. and no one's kicking him. i mean they still speak pretty highly of him. he was in the terrorist task force himself. up in seattle. and he was the lead agent in the millennium bombing case. >> oh, yeah. >> did a great job. and he goes down to tampa, which is like winning the lottery because they like -- >> like a country club
fbi officer herself, right? >> i'm told that she actually applied, passed a polygraph and they were ready to offer her an appointment. >> she didn't take it because harvard called? >> i don't think it went too well at harvard. she could have been an agent. must have been surreal for her to be standing in her house with fbi agents searching her house and she was just a step away from becoming an agent. >> talk about fredrick humphries, the fbi agent who jill kelley...
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. >> joining me now is clint van zandt, a former fbi profiler now an nbc news analyst. and dave cullen, author of "columbine." it's the definitive book about the shootings at columbine high school in 1999. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> clint, let me start with you. >> sure. >> what struck you about james holmes' appearance in court today? >> you know, notwithstanding anybody who comes into court with a jump suit looks like they're guilty of something, they're a criminal anyway. but, al, it was that flat, emotional affect, that unemotional look. that his eyes if they were focused they were looking down, they were blinking. it was like he really wasn't -- it was like he wasn't involved. it was like he was in this dream world and there was somebody else seated there where maybe part of him was somewhere else. now, we look at that red hair, al, and you and i say anybody who does that they're trying to send a message. well, if he was a joker, he should have had green hair, not red hair. so what does that mean? and if you look at th
. >> joining me now is clint van zandt, a former fbi profiler now an nbc news analyst. and dave cullen, author of "columbine." it's the definitive book about the shootings at columbine high school in 1999. thanks to both of you for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> clint, let me start with you. >> sure. >> what struck you about james holmes' appearance in court today? >> you know, notwithstanding anybody who comes into court with a...
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now, the fbi has all this data. who can look into it and who gets to see all these reports about the phone calls? >> but jim ricin, as has been pointed out, there are a lot of concerns about what the government could do, but there's not actual evidence of abuse of these programs. is there? >> well, there's some limited -- >> i should point out you're reporting going back into the last decade, instrumental in revealing a lot of these programs during the bush years, at the very start. >> there's some limited evidence of abuse. it's been anecdotal. there's never been a thorough investigation inside the government of that. one of the problems going back to the bush administration was all of this was kept so secret, even after we began to report about it, that the inspectors general and the internal investigations were kept secret. so there's never been a full public accounting of the level of abuse, the level of -- there's virtually no transparency at all about how much of this has really caught up on american citizens.
now, the fbi has all this data. who can look into it and who gets to see all these reports about the phone calls? >> but jim ricin, as has been pointed out, there are a lot of concerns about what the government could do, but there's not actual evidence of abuse of these programs. is there? >> well, there's some limited -- >> i should point out you're reporting going back into the last decade, instrumental in revealing a lot of these programs during the bush years, at the very...
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the former fbi informant is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars in prison. kevin cullen is co-author of whitey bulger, and the manhunt that brought him to justice. kevin, thanks so much. i know you have covered this man for so long. you wrote this morning for the last two months he saturday in the courtroom, as you described it, looking like a guy waiting for a bus, but on monday, it looked like that bus ran him over. as a bostonian, explain the significance, what the conclusion of this case means to your city. >> well, obviously whitey bulger is the most infamous vial gangster the city has ever known, what kicks him up into the pantheon of criminals, he but that he had the nation's premier law enforcement agency, the fbi, in his pocket. he was their informant. in a lot of ways he tricked them, about you he was protected by a guy, his fbi handler grew up in the same neighborhood, so it's sort of a cynical deal in the beginning, but as the evidence at the trial showed, whitey bulger killed with the connivance of the fbi. the fbi helped him identify potential
the former fbi informant is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars in prison. kevin cullen is co-author of whitey bulger, and the manhunt that brought him to justice. kevin, thanks so much. i know you have covered this man for so long. you wrote this morning for the last two months he saturday in the courtroom, as you described it, looking like a guy waiting for a bus, but on monday, it looked like that bus ran him over. as a bostonian, explain the significance, what the conclusion...
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. >> former fbi. >> and also chuck schumer in a great round table including david axelrod and others about the president's leadership on this. >> david axelrod, a former journalist. not entirely comfortable on this subject, judging from "morning joe" today. david gregory, thank you very much and chris cillizza. >>> joining me now for more on the political battle over student loans, california congresswoman karen bass. congresswoman, thank you very much for joining us. i know you've been a leader on this. is this too little, too late? why is the president returning to this issue now, we've only got a month before these rates will double, if nothing happens. >> well, i actually think he returned to it quite a while ago. the press conference was today of course, but you know, i'm just really concerned. i hear from students every single day. one is because i have a piece of legislation that would cap the interest rates and would also allow students not to pay more than 10% of their discretionary income every month on their student loans. and after ten years, if they've been paid consiste
. >> former fbi. >> and also chuck schumer in a great round table including david axelrod and others about the president's leadership on this. >> david axelrod, a former journalist. not entirely comfortable on this subject, judging from "morning joe" today. david gregory, thank you very much and chris cillizza. >>> joining me now for more on the political battle over student loans, california congresswoman karen bass. congresswoman, thank you very much for...
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should be prepared to answer some tough questions about general petraeus and allen and the fbi investigation as well as libya, not to mention the fiscal cliff and we're learning more about the woman who knew both general, tampa socialite jill kelley. a senior defense official says the e-mails between the two were more than just calling one another sweetheart, they were flirtatious and unprofessional. both of them wrote letters vouching for her sister in a child custody case and she made this phone call claiming she had some sort of diplomatic status which she does not. >> i am an honorary consul-general so i have unveilability so i should -- they should not be going across my property. but that's against the law to cross my mrort. um, it's involable. >> "the washington post" says there is a new focus on sensitive information in her possession. multiple u.s. officials have insisted to nbc news there was no security breach. let me bring in major garrett, white house reporter and tim carney for "the washington examiner." good morning to both of you. tim, let me start with you. are you surprised
should be prepared to answer some tough questions about general petraeus and allen and the fbi investigation as well as libya, not to mention the fiscal cliff and we're learning more about the woman who knew both general, tampa socialite jill kelley. a senior defense official says the e-mails between the two were more than just calling one another sweetheart, they were flirtatious and unprofessional. both of them wrote letters vouching for her sister in a child custody case and she made this...
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so the fbi had jude mohammed up on its most wanted list as of yesterday saying he was in pakistan. it's not clear that the fbi knew that the cia had killed the guy they were looking for and the killing took place more than two years ago. so it does show when the government is this secretive about policies, you know, one hand of the government doesn't even know what the other hand is doing. >> they definitely have high walls there. ayman, also expected in the speech, guantanamo bay. the transfers from gitmo could be announced today. what kind of attention will that get given the hunger strikes and forced feedings that are happening at gitmo? >> it's going to be welcomed on many fronts. the families of those detained at gitmo without charged, having to deal with what they have dealt with over the past several years but more importantly for the governments particularly in a country like yemen which has gone through its own evolution in recent years, countries like egypt and many others. they are going to welcome the fact that the united states is going to release these nationals of th
so the fbi had jude mohammed up on its most wanted list as of yesterday saying he was in pakistan. it's not clear that the fbi knew that the cia had killed the guy they were looking for and the killing took place more than two years ago. so it does show when the government is this secretive about policies, you know, one hand of the government doesn't even know what the other hand is doing. >> they definitely have high walls there. ayman, also expected in the speech, guantanamo bay. the...
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i want to bring in nbc analyst and former fbi profiler clint van zandt. clint, thanks very much for being with us. when i listen to the investigator talk about letting the healing begin, you think about what these last ten years must have been like for these women and the reality, frankly, of investigators who need to ask questions. it's really only those women likely to give them the full story of what might have happened. where do they even begin with this, moving the case forward, clint? >> well, after they're sure of the health of these three victims and of the -- what's been described as the 6-year-old daughter of one of the victims, which would suggest obviously that she had this child when she was -- after she was abducted, once they know the health of the victims is okay, chris, they have to establish the facts of the crime. in essence, they want to go ahead and lock in any information about the initial kidnapping. that's the primary cause. the primary crime. so once they get that information from each of the victims, then they'll go through from
i want to bring in nbc analyst and former fbi profiler clint van zandt. clint, thanks very much for being with us. when i listen to the investigator talk about letting the healing begin, you think about what these last ten years must have been like for these women and the reality, frankly, of investigators who need to ask questions. it's really only those women likely to give them the full story of what might have happened. where do they even begin with this, moving the case forward, clint?...
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bulger was able to manipulate at least two fbi agents and undermine the system. and i think that has gotten lost in the story of whitey bulger in this trial. >> hey, kevin cullen, tell us, remind us, tell us what became of whitey bulger's girlfriend, the woman with whom he was on the lam and living in santa monica. >> kathy greg. she was sentenced to eight years in the same court a year ago. and she wouldn't talk. she went out as a tammy wynette of south boston. she stood by her man. didn't say anything. and of course talking to a lot of the families here, the victims' families, they know that whitey bulger stashed money all over the country, if not all over the world. he had safety deposit boxes in dublin, london, paris. so they're saying where is the money. does kathy know? does his brother billy, the former politician know? does his brother jackie who was here every day for the trial know? all the families believe there is millions of dollars stashed out there. that's the mystery there is no mystery. hey, whitey bulger was thug and a killer, and the jury just
bulger was able to manipulate at least two fbi agents and undermine the system. and i think that has gotten lost in the story of whitey bulger in this trial. >> hey, kevin cullen, tell us, remind us, tell us what became of whitey bulger's girlfriend, the woman with whom he was on the lam and living in santa monica. >> kathy greg. she was sentenced to eight years in the same court a year ago. and she wouldn't talk. she went out as a tammy wynette of south boston. she stood by her...
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the fbi says it interviews him just once. and it's interesting that ann curry talked to the mother late weekend. friday, i believe. who basically corroborates what the fbi says. she says the fbi interviewed him about a year and a half ago. so that would have been before his trip to moscow. no one in the family that we know of has said that the fbi interviewed him when he got back in july of last year from his trip to russia. >> okay. interesting. in that interview, the mother used the word "controlled," that her son was being controlled by the fbi. i think it's a fairly okay assumption to say she may have mistaken that. english isn't her first language. maybe she meant observed. the fbi isn't in the business of controlling individuals. >> i think you're right about that. >> okay, thank you very much, pete. >>> some new information. this is reaction from the republic of dagestan. it may provide some clues on how tamerlan tsarnaev spent his time during a six-month trip to the region in 2012. adrian long is joining me. what have
the fbi says it interviews him just once. and it's interesting that ann curry talked to the mother late weekend. friday, i believe. who basically corroborates what the fbi says. she says the fbi interviewed him about a year and a half ago. so that would have been before his trip to moscow. no one in the family that we know of has said that the fbi interviewed him when he got back in july of last year from his trip to russia. >> okay. interesting. in that interview, the mother used the...